A sign outside the Central Fire Station in Grand Forks reads "We're here to fight No surrender Local 1099" in response to the 1997 floods. Trucks from the fire department and National Guard are parked outside the building.

People watch from an elevated overpass at water floods the Red Owl Supermarket on Broadway in Fargo. Sandbags surround the Moody building in the background. On higher ground, the following businesses are visible: Johnson's for Shoes, Shotwell...

A view looking into the town from the outskirts. Trees partially obscure the buildings. Flood waters have partially submerged small buildings in the foreground and appears to be high enough to partially submerge the buildings in the background.

Seven boys, some on horseback and some standing in wagons pose with horses in high water of the Missouri River. Another horse, unattached to the wagons, is following behind, and the water reaches up to its neck. Trees bare of leaves are visible...

Aerial view of James River flooding over the Great Northern Railroad Bridge near New Rockford on April 18, 1948. People can be seen walking about the bridge over the river. Power poles are inundated and beginning to lean.

Northern Pacific Engine number 2654 lays on wet ground after derailing near Center, N.D. Car 1442 is visible behind it. Men stand with shovels and look at the wreck. Wet ground led the railroad tracks to shift.

Floodwaters cover a street in the business district in early Pembina. Many people look at the water from the raised wooden sidewalk in front of businesses. A barrel and other debris appear to have floated in with the floodwater. Several carts...

A woman stands on a box outside Thorpe's Eat Shop in the Wesley Hotel to get into a waitng car without walking through flood water in Sanish. Several other cars are parked outside the shop. The Bovey-Shute-Jackson lumberyard is visible in the...

A rear view of a Northern Pacific train that derailed after crossing tracks that shifted due to high water in the Center, N.D. area. A man walks near the last car and looks at the wreck. Several cars have jumped the tracks and sit in the water. ...

A flotilla of canoes and rowboats congregate in flood water on Minot's Central Avenue. Men, women, and children are visible in the boats. Houses are visible on one side of the street and businesses, including a garage, on the other.

Shows DeMers Avenue as viewed from an upstairs window. Water can be seen on street and broken pavement from flood. Bridge is visible in background with overflowing river. Storefronts are visible on the right side of the street.

A man in a boat receives a canned item from the shopkeeper in the Oak Park Grocery store in Minot during the 1923 flood. The shopkeeper sits on top of his counter and wears hip waders. Wood floats in the water inside the shop.

Many people work on telephones at an emergency operations center set up during the Grand Forks flood of 1997. Signs hanging from the ceiling indicate the different tasks performed by the people, such as heavy equipment, public relations, Red...

A man catches a fish in floodwater in what looks to be a backyard in Pembina. A stream of water enters the image from the right side, and might be water being pumped out of a house. Other houses and picket fences are visible in the background.

Cars drive through flood waters on 2nd Street NW in Minot. The view looks down onto the street from the bridge over the Souris River. The Northern Meat Market is visible at left, and a church steeple rises in the distance.

An aerial view of the flooded North 3rd Street area in downtown Grand Forks during the 1997 flood. Smoke still rises from a block of fire damaged buildings. Water is visible in the rest of the streets.